The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Lepidodesmini genus Lepidodesma Simpson, 1896: cladomics 2 Recent valid species (3 total species) Cladomics Summarynumber of species = 2 (3 total) analyzed in 68 cladograms in 40 publications maximum number of terminals in an analysis =
2 (mean = 1.19, median = 1) Basic Monophylynumber of cladograms that test basic monophyly
(i.e., more than 1 included species) = 13 maximum number of included terminals = 2, (mean =
2 median = 2) proportion of cladograms that support basic monophyly
= 1
Wu et al., 2023 [Publ 4339], fig. 4_S5-aa ** Top Monophyly Cladogram ** ** Top Sister-Group Cladogram ** | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 93 | 0 | 0 | -- |
+-- Lepidodesma_aligera **
--+
+-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Wu et al., 2026 [Publ 4825], fig. 6B | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 63 | 0 | 0 | -- |
+-- Lepidodesma_aligera **
--+
+-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Hou et al., 2024 [Publ 4400], fig. 4 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 73 | 0 | 0 | -- |
+-- Lepidodesma_aligera **
--+
+-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Wu et al., 2023 [Publ 4339], fig. 5 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | -- |
+-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
--+
+-- Lepidodesma_aligera **
Wang et al., 2025 [Publ 4488], fig. 3B | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 0 | 0 | -- |
+-- Lepidodesma_aligera **
--+
+-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Wu et al., 2023 [Publ 4339], fig. 4_S5-nt | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 93 | 0 | 0 | -- |
+-- Lepidodesma_aligera **
--+
+-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Wu et al., 2024 [Publ 4350], fig. 8b_S2 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 89 | 0 | 0 | -- |
+-- Lepidodesma_aligera **
--+
+-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Wu et al., 2026 [Publ 4811], fig. 4 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 93 | 0 | 0 | -- |
+-- Lepidodesma_aligera **
--+
+-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Campbell & Lydeard, 2026 [Publ 4810], fig. 6-14 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 630 | 0 | 0 | -- |
+-- Lepidodesma_aligera **
--+
+-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Hou et al., 2025 [Publ 4432], fig. 4 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | -- |
+-- Lepidodesma_aligera **
--+
+-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Campbell & Lydeard, 2026 [Publ 4810], fig. 3_5 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 138 | 0 | 0 | -- |
+-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
--+
+-- Lepidodesma_aligera **
Hou et al., 2025 [Publ 4401], fig. 4 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | -- |
+-- Lepidodesma_aligera **
--+
+-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Wu et al., 2024 [Publ 4350], fig. 8a_S1 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 89 | 0 | 0 | -- |
+-- Lepidodesma_aligera **
--+
+-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Wu et al., 2024 [Publ 4379], fig. 5 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Sano et al., 2020 [Publ 4138], fig. 3 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Dai et al., 2025 [Publ 4440], fig. 1 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Wu et al., 2021 [Publ 4366], fig. 3-BI | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Soroka & Burzynski, 2017 [Publ 3837], fig. 1 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Cha et al., 2018 [Publ 3916], fig. 1 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Dai et al., 2024 [Publ 4386], fig. 5-BI | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Lopes-Lima et al., 2020 [Publ 4080], fig. 2-4 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 121 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Froufe et al., 2019 [Publ 3936], fig. 6 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Dai et al., 2024 [Publ 4358], fig. 4 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Sano et al., 2020 [Publ 4138], fig. 4 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Huang et al., 2019 [Publ 3843], fig. 1 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Huang et al., 2002 [Publ 2657], fig. 1 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Chen et al., 2025 [Publ 4448], fig. 3 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 84 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Aunins et al., 2018 [Publ 3863], fig. 1 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Dai et al., 2024 [Publ 4386], fig. 3 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Hou et al., 2025 [Publ 4432], fig. 3 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Chen et al., 2025 [Publ 4487], fig. 3 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Dai et al., 2025 [Publ 4440], fig. 2 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Konopleva et al., 2023 [Publ 4269], fig. S1_4 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Huang et al., 2019 [Publ 3843], fig. S3 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 198 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Zieritz et al., 2021 [Publ 4231], fig. 3-F_5 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Wu et al., 2019 [Publ 3864], fig. 3 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Sano et al., 2020 [Publ 4138], fig. 1 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Wu et al., 2021 [Publ 4366], fig. 3-ML | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Huang et al., 2002 [Publ 2657], fig. 2 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Pavan-Kumar et al., 2022 [Publ 4263], fig. 4 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Huang et al., 2019 [Publ 3843], fig. 2 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 200 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Wu et al., 2021 [Publ 4366], fig. 4 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Wu et al., 2022 [Publ 4238], fig. 3 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Kim et al., 2021 [Publ 4197], fig. 1 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Sano et al., 2020 [Publ 4138], fig. 2 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Sano et al., 2017 [Publ 3799], fig. 2 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Huang et al., 2019 [Publ 3843], fig. S1 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Dai et al., 2024 [Publ 4386], fig. 6 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Wu et al., 2021 [Publ 4366], fig. 6 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Zhou et al., 2016 [Publ 3710], fig. 1 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Wu et al., 2022 [Publ 4238], fig. 2d | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Chen et al., 2023 [Publ 4302], fig. 1 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Dai et al., 2025 [Publ 4440], fig. 3 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Dai et al., 2023 [Publ 4285], fig. 5 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Wu et al., 2021 [Publ 4366], fig. 2_I | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Froufe et al., 2019 [Publ 3936], fig. 3 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Wu et al., 2020 [Publ 4121], fig. 3 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Chen et al., 2020 [Publ 4170], fig. 1 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Wu et al., 2018 [Publ 3836], fig. 2 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Huang et al., 2019 [Publ 3843], fig. S4 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 200 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Pavan-Kumar et al., 2022 [Publ 4263], fig. S5 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Wen et al., 2017 [Publ 3795], fig. 3 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Wu et al., 2024 [Publ 4388], fig. 6 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Huang et al., 2019 [Publ 3843], fig. 3 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Fukata & Iigo, 2020 [Publ 4106], fig. 1 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Chen et al., 2023 [Publ 4302], fig. 2 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Chen et al., 2025 [Publ 4487], fig. 2 | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
Dai et al., 2024 [Publ 4386], fig. 5-ML | iT | tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | -- |
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
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